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<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nN\u00e1 ses dekades saam praat hulle dikwels van hoe God se genade hulle deur elke seisoen deurgedra het. Net soos die evangelieliedere van Jimmy Swaggart, wat hul huis gedurende vroegoggend op in stil middae sou vul, weerspie\u00ebl hul getuienis ‘n lewe wat deur genade getransformeer is \u2013 hetsy finansi\u00eble swaarkry, gesondheidsuitdagings of die alledaagse beproewings tipies van ‘n groot gesin, het hulle ontdek dat God se genade elke hoofstuk van hul verhaal herskryf het en beproewings in getuienisse van Sy trou verander het.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wanneer daaglikse uitdagings as ‘n getroude vrou vir my voel soos ‘n kruis te swaar om te dra, hoor ek my grootouers se wysheid en sagmoedige leiding om verenig te bly \u2013 gegrond in liefde en geanker in geloof. Hul \u00adervaring van meer as ‘n dekade se swaarkry, waaruit hulle sterker gekom het, herinner my daaraan dat ek en my man, asook elke egpaar in die w\u00eareld, eens mekaar gekies het \u2013 en dat ons moet voortgaan om mekaar te kies as spanmaats deur die lewe se warboel en wonderwerk.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soos ‘n familielid in haar gelukwen\u00adsing vir hulle lang huwelik op die spe\u00adsiale dag ges\u00ea het: “Julle liefde, lewe en die familie wat julle saam gebou het, is die fynskrif van Korinthi\u00ebrs. Dit is iets om te bewonder, maar ook te beny.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
En dit is waarlik so.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iewers het ek gelees dat ‘n mens die huwelik met spesiale sorg moet vertroe\u00adtel, beskut en beskerm; dat jy dit nie gewoon of alledaags moet maak nie.Wanneer dit sy glans verloor of begin verdof, moet jy dit poleer sodat dit sprankel soos nuut, mooier word as ooit tevore en kosbaarder raak soos die jare aanstap.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hierdie voorbeeldige egpaar in Christus is ‘n lewende voorbeeld van hierdie sorg waarmee elke huwelik behandel moet word. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Net soos Pa met geduldige hande generasies geleer het om ‘n das te knoop, het hy en Mammie dekades lank versigtig ‘n nalatenskap van liefde saamgeknoop \u2013 iets wat ons hele familie bind. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In elke lus en trek van daardie oggend se das het ek die krag van hul blywende band gevoel \u2013 ook ‘n herinnering dat die lewe se kosbaaste geskenke dikwels in die eenvoudigste oomblikke toegedraai kom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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